NYSAC - Monroe

 

Facts of Interest

• Population: 1,098,201
• Year Organized:1821
• Area: 659 Square Miles
• County Seat: Rochester
• Main Industry: Manufacturing
• County Legislators: 28
• County Nursing Homes: 1
• Colleges and Universities: 10
• State Parks: 4
• Communities: 62
• 987 Uniformed Police Officers
• School Districts: 18
• Named after James Monroe, Fourth U.S. President and Father of the Constitution.
• Final resting place of women’s rights crusader Susan B. Anthony.
• Final resting place of abolitionist Frederick Douglas.
• World headquarters and home of Eastman Kodak, Xerox, Bausch and Lomb, and Paychex.
• Home of the National Toy Hall of Fame at the Strong Museum.